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Brian D. Neugebauer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to use Gagne's cumulative learning theory to compare math curricula choice to Louisiana Education Assessment Program (LEAP) math achievement for third, fourth, and fifth grade students in public schools within the state of Louisiana. The independent variable of interest, math curricula choice, was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum, Public Schools
Chase, Barbara – Independent School, 2011
How are independent schools to be useful to the wider world? Beyond their common commitment to educate their students for meaningful lives in service of the greater good, can they educate a broader constituency and, thus, share their resources and skills more broadly? Their answers to this question will be shaped by their independence. Any…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Role, Institutional Mission, Access to Education
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Howat, Craig – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2007
The popular reality television show "Amazing Race" involves participants searching for clues and completing tasks as they progress on a journey all over the world. Inspired by the show, the author incorporated some of the tasks from "Amazing Race" with geocaching, a game in which participants use a Global Positioning System…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Heritage Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Foreign Countries